Well, I've begun to paint things up for people, unfortunately I haven't got photos yet, but I need to pick up some new lights as the 2 I currently have have snapped off their bases. Next time I won't bother to secure them I'll use the lamps they come with.
Anyway, to kick things off, and to get used to painting multiple mini's at one time, I painted up 9 Dark Elf mini's for Rob to use in the Song of Blades & Heros campaign...just at the point they finished it...Doh, will try to do better next time, still need to do the rider for the Cold One though, but I need to sort out a new undercoating stand first.
I have also begun work on Richard's, (shadoblade), Thousand Son's. Which are taking a little longer than I'd hoped, but I am only on the first sqaud so all the little bit's I'm finding out about and having to redo/correct should mean I'll be able to blast through the rest at a relatively decent pace.
I used the GW Spray gun for the first time on the squad...not greatly impressed by the whole process, but I think it'll get better, it's not like I've invested in an airbrush set or anything, you get what you pay for.
Painted to date: 9 (8 infantry/1 mount)
Hopefully more soon, J
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Sunday, 1 February 2009
First Proper update of 2009
Right, January is now but a memory, and we're beginning February waiting for a heavy snowfall to begin any time today & all day tomorrow, with the temperature suitably chilly and dropping rapidly, I think it's time to stay in and get some painting done.
Most of January I spent faffing about painting a little bit, building a little bit, planning a little bit & basically getting absolutely nothing completed whilst I was waiting for Richard to put together the Thousand Sons models he wants me to paint for him.
He got them, (or at least the bulk of them), to me last Tuesday & today is the day I start the prep-work.
Here's what I've got to work with so far:
From top to bottom: 1 unit Chaos Space Marines; 1 unit Thousand Sons (6 to come); 1 unit CSM (4 to come); 1 Havok unit (3 to come + 1 l. arm for Las Gunner); 1 unit CSM; 3 units Chaos Terminators. Currently missing the above mentioned minis, plus 1 more 9-man unit, (another Havok unit I think).
As you can see most have had some kind of paint on them, (from the look of some of them, quite a few coats of paint, the detail on a few is almost nonexistent), so a few will need stripping before I can get ant paint on them, but I'm hoping to get that all sorted this week, then next week I start the painting proper.
Right, so the first project of the year is now officially underway, so hopefully regular updates will now follow.
Oh, and here comes the snow I mentioned earlier...oh joy, time to wrap up warm folks :)
More soon.
J
Most of January I spent faffing about painting a little bit, building a little bit, planning a little bit & basically getting absolutely nothing completed whilst I was waiting for Richard to put together the Thousand Sons models he wants me to paint for him.
He got them, (or at least the bulk of them), to me last Tuesday & today is the day I start the prep-work.
Here's what I've got to work with so far:
From top to bottom: 1 unit Chaos Space Marines; 1 unit Thousand Sons (6 to come); 1 unit CSM (4 to come); 1 Havok unit (3 to come + 1 l. arm for Las Gunner); 1 unit CSM; 3 units Chaos Terminators. Currently missing the above mentioned minis, plus 1 more 9-man unit, (another Havok unit I think).
As you can see most have had some kind of paint on them, (from the look of some of them, quite a few coats of paint, the detail on a few is almost nonexistent), so a few will need stripping before I can get ant paint on them, but I'm hoping to get that all sorted this week, then next week I start the painting proper.
Right, so the first project of the year is now officially underway, so hopefully regular updates will now follow.
Oh, and here comes the snow I mentioned earlier...oh joy, time to wrap up warm folks :)
More soon.
J
Sunday, 11 January 2009
Back Again pt. 2 - The Year Ahead
So this year I'm not planning on being quite as specific about what personal projects I undertake.
My brain doesn't work that way, so it'll be better for me if I have a few ideas I want to do and pick the one that's most interesting to me at the time of starting.
So, "What do I have lined up then?" I hear you ask.
Well here are some of the ideas I have currently:
1- Pulp, pulp & more pulp. I really want to get a lot of pulp models painted & I want to use the .45 Adventures rules I've been picking up over the last year or more as well.
2- Crimson Skies. This is the one project I'm determined to complete, I have always loved FASA's old Crimson Skies rules, but I've only ever had 6 planes to use , so I intend to invest in a lot more planes as well as getting them painted up.
3 - Confrontation Goblins. I picked up a few of the old Rackham metal Samurai-inspired Goblins shortly before ver. 4 came out & I recently bought some more at a ridiculously low price, so I'd like to get them painted up as they're lovely models, plus Scrollmaster wants a game of Confrontation ver. 3 at some point and I can also use them for Songs of Blades & Heroes that we've started playing down the club quite a lot lately.
4 - Terrain. Various ideas crop up here and there for cool looking terrain, but I'm usually hopeless at sticking to one genre for too long, so I'll do bits and pieces as I feel the urge.
5 - Zombies & Survivors. I've had Two-Hour Wargames All Things Zombie rules for about the same length of time as .45 Adventures, and it's about time I used them as well, so I'll be looking to pick up some zombies to go with the Hasslefree Survivors I've had sitting in my lead mountain for ages. Only now I want to get them painted up and used.
I'm sure there'll be other tings that crop up, I have a vague Idea for a Cawdor gang for Necromunda, but I haven't really found any models that I want to use as the basis for them yet & having now found my Starship Troopers rulebooks and figures again I may try to do something with them, we'll see.
I still have to complete Richard's Devourers & Rob's Dark Elves ( well, actually I still have to actually start Rob's Dark Elves, but that's just semantics). Plus on Tuesday I'll be getting another painting order from Richard that should see my yearly total get off to a good start, 81 (9 squads of 9) Thousand Sons Chaos Space Marines (including 1 squad of Terminators), these guy are the priority at the moment as they're needed for an Apocalypse game in the near future, so they will be my focus once I get hold of them, (both painting-wise and for the blog), I'm going to attempt to do 1 squad a week, with 1 week for prepping & undercoating everything, but as I haven't speed painted a force this size before I'm not sure if that's realistic or not. I've invested in one of the new GW Spray Guns and have all the paint I think I'll need, but I guess it'll really be a case of the proof of the pudding will be in the eating...watch this space.
So, that's basically the rough plan at the moment, but don't forget it could change at any time. Hopefully though most of the things I want to do will get done, we'll all just have to wait & see.
More soon.
J
My brain doesn't work that way, so it'll be better for me if I have a few ideas I want to do and pick the one that's most interesting to me at the time of starting.
So, "What do I have lined up then?" I hear you ask.
Well here are some of the ideas I have currently:
1- Pulp, pulp & more pulp. I really want to get a lot of pulp models painted & I want to use the .45 Adventures rules I've been picking up over the last year or more as well.
2- Crimson Skies. This is the one project I'm determined to complete, I have always loved FASA's old Crimson Skies rules, but I've only ever had 6 planes to use , so I intend to invest in a lot more planes as well as getting them painted up.
3 - Confrontation Goblins. I picked up a few of the old Rackham metal Samurai-inspired Goblins shortly before ver. 4 came out & I recently bought some more at a ridiculously low price, so I'd like to get them painted up as they're lovely models, plus Scrollmaster wants a game of Confrontation ver. 3 at some point and I can also use them for Songs of Blades & Heroes that we've started playing down the club quite a lot lately.
4 - Terrain. Various ideas crop up here and there for cool looking terrain, but I'm usually hopeless at sticking to one genre for too long, so I'll do bits and pieces as I feel the urge.
5 - Zombies & Survivors. I've had Two-Hour Wargames All Things Zombie rules for about the same length of time as .45 Adventures, and it's about time I used them as well, so I'll be looking to pick up some zombies to go with the Hasslefree Survivors I've had sitting in my lead mountain for ages. Only now I want to get them painted up and used.
I'm sure there'll be other tings that crop up, I have a vague Idea for a Cawdor gang for Necromunda, but I haven't really found any models that I want to use as the basis for them yet & having now found my Starship Troopers rulebooks and figures again I may try to do something with them, we'll see.
I still have to complete Richard's Devourers & Rob's Dark Elves ( well, actually I still have to actually start Rob's Dark Elves, but that's just semantics). Plus on Tuesday I'll be getting another painting order from Richard that should see my yearly total get off to a good start, 81 (9 squads of 9) Thousand Sons Chaos Space Marines (including 1 squad of Terminators), these guy are the priority at the moment as they're needed for an Apocalypse game in the near future, so they will be my focus once I get hold of them, (both painting-wise and for the blog), I'm going to attempt to do 1 squad a week, with 1 week for prepping & undercoating everything, but as I haven't speed painted a force this size before I'm not sure if that's realistic or not. I've invested in one of the new GW Spray Guns and have all the paint I think I'll need, but I guess it'll really be a case of the proof of the pudding will be in the eating...watch this space.
So, that's basically the rough plan at the moment, but don't forget it could change at any time. Hopefully though most of the things I want to do will get done, we'll all just have to wait & see.
More soon.
J
Sunday, 28 December 2008
Back Again pt. 1 - The Year in Review
So...That wasn't as successful year as I'd hoped for painting wise.
The Xbox did take over my life for a while, but mainly I just lost the drive to paint for some reason. It took until I got convinced to run a DnD campaign in August/September that I finally started to get things going again and now I'm back into it quite well.
So, first up here's a picture of my Bloodbowl team that I said was coming about 9 months ago now:
I like how they came out a lot, shame they didn't perform as well on the pitch...
After that, I didn't actually finish any of the projects that I had left, however, I did finish some others.
First up was a commissioned Mordheim Skaven Warband for Richard, (shadoblade...and yes he is still waiting for me to finish his Devourers...), The X Rats:
Front row l-r: Wolverine; Storm; Cyclops; Gambit; Beast; Colossus
Second Row l-r: Psylocke; Warpath; Lockheed
Back: Juggernaught
I also managed to put together a Mordheim Warband of my own, The Cabal of the Dessicated Crow, (the next generation of the group I formed for Scrollmaster's Realms of Chaos campaign from a couple of years ago):
Other than these guy's I have also managed to paint up a fair few mini's (both figures & scenery) for use in the DnD campaign:
I even managed to finish 3 more Devourers & start another couple, but those pictures will have to wait a little bit.
I'm happy with what I got done, which I just discovered when I added it all up was actually quite a lot.
So without further ado, here's the important bit:
Tally:
Miniatures Painted to date (28/12/08) = 123
Projects completed = 1/5 + 3 unintended projects completed.
All in all I'm really quite happy with the end result, I was surprised by the number of models I actually managed to paint, which for me was a hell of a lot, it will be interesting to see what 2009 has in store for me, but more on that next time.
J
The Xbox did take over my life for a while, but mainly I just lost the drive to paint for some reason. It took until I got convinced to run a DnD campaign in August/September that I finally started to get things going again and now I'm back into it quite well.
So, first up here's a picture of my Bloodbowl team that I said was coming about 9 months ago now:
I like how they came out a lot, shame they didn't perform as well on the pitch...
After that, I didn't actually finish any of the projects that I had left, however, I did finish some others.
First up was a commissioned Mordheim Skaven Warband for Richard, (shadoblade...and yes he is still waiting for me to finish his Devourers...), The X Rats:
Front row l-r: Wolverine; Storm; Cyclops; Gambit; Beast; Colossus
Second Row l-r: Psylocke; Warpath; Lockheed
Back: Juggernaught
I also managed to put together a Mordheim Warband of my own, The Cabal of the Dessicated Crow, (the next generation of the group I formed for Scrollmaster's Realms of Chaos campaign from a couple of years ago):
Other than these guy's I have also managed to paint up a fair few mini's (both figures & scenery) for use in the DnD campaign:
I even managed to finish 3 more Devourers & start another couple, but those pictures will have to wait a little bit.
I'm happy with what I got done, which I just discovered when I added it all up was actually quite a lot.
So without further ado, here's the important bit:
Tally:
Miniatures Painted to date (28/12/08) = 123
Projects completed = 1/5 + 3 unintended projects completed.
All in all I'm really quite happy with the end result, I was surprised by the number of models I actually managed to paint, which for me was a hell of a lot, it will be interesting to see what 2009 has in store for me, but more on that next time.
J
Monday, 24 March 2008
One down, four to go.
Just a quick update, and no pictures yet, but, I have finally, (with a little help from the weather finally letting up), managed to complete my Blood Bowl team. The head coach, 2 assistant coaches, 2 cheerleaders, 3 Re-Roll tokens & 1 Score token are all done , varnished & 5 minutes ago I put them in my case for tomorrow night, so, Project 1 is officially done & I've even got started on the next model for Richard's Devourers, so Project 2 is officially go as well.
I have to warn you though, I did purchase an Xbox 360 last Thursday with Mass Effect so my postings may become even more erratic :)
As for points I'm only counting the tokens I did for my BB team as 1/2 point each as they don't really count as full figures (you'll see what I mean when I get the photo's done).
So, until next time.
Tally:
I have to warn you though, I did purchase an Xbox 360 last Thursday with Mass Effect so my postings may become even more erratic :)
As for points I'm only counting the tokens I did for my BB team as 1/2 point each as they don't really count as full figures (you'll see what I mean when I get the photo's done).
So, until next time.
Tally:
Miniatures Painted to date (24/03/08) = 24
Projects completed = 1/5.
J
Sunday, 24 February 2008
I'm Ba-aack!
Well, did you miss me? No, I didn't think so ;)
So, for the last week I've been going through a period of painting apathy, I just haven't wanted to pick up a brush at all, so no progress on anything this past week, until yesterday when I decided to get the bases for the 1st 3 Devourers for Richard sorted out, and I'm pleased to say that they're almost ready for flocking, so hopefully by the end of the day I should have the models stuck onto them.
As for my Blood Bowl stuff, I've kinda lost interest a little, I'm so close to finishing them though that I should get my arse in gear & do it, but I have a tendency to do this every now & again, whenever I get near completing a project I just loose interest & I start looking for the next thing to start on.
This time round I got caught up in terrain fever after seeing this post on a Infinity fansite, it's in Spanish, but with a little help from Altavista Babelfish I've figured out most of the bits that I couldn't get just from looking at the pictures.
And then, just when I thought the terrain fever had passed, I see a link to a report from the Tactica show in Hamburg this weekend. Here's the link, the Mordheim board has really got me going as I've been thinking about running a Mordheim campaign for ages now & it's given me ideas for scenery like you wouldn't believe.
Anyway, back to the painting news. Before the apathy hit I'd managed to paint my head coach, one of my assistant coached & 2 of the team-specific markers I want to use, they just need varnishing, (after I've gone over the assistant coaches feet where I've got a little careless painting the base), to be completed & on the list, whether I'll get that done today or not I don't know, but I wouldn't be holding my breath if I were you as I'm focusing on the Devourers right now.
So that's all for now, hopefully I'll be back next week with news of actual progress on the painting front, but until then TTFN.
J
Well, did you miss me? No, I didn't think so ;)
So, for the last week I've been going through a period of painting apathy, I just haven't wanted to pick up a brush at all, so no progress on anything this past week, until yesterday when I decided to get the bases for the 1st 3 Devourers for Richard sorted out, and I'm pleased to say that they're almost ready for flocking, so hopefully by the end of the day I should have the models stuck onto them.
As for my Blood Bowl stuff, I've kinda lost interest a little, I'm so close to finishing them though that I should get my arse in gear & do it, but I have a tendency to do this every now & again, whenever I get near completing a project I just loose interest & I start looking for the next thing to start on.
This time round I got caught up in terrain fever after seeing this post on a Infinity fansite, it's in Spanish, but with a little help from Altavista Babelfish I've figured out most of the bits that I couldn't get just from looking at the pictures.
And then, just when I thought the terrain fever had passed, I see a link to a report from the Tactica show in Hamburg this weekend. Here's the link, the Mordheim board has really got me going as I've been thinking about running a Mordheim campaign for ages now & it's given me ideas for scenery like you wouldn't believe.
Anyway, back to the painting news. Before the apathy hit I'd managed to paint my head coach, one of my assistant coached & 2 of the team-specific markers I want to use, they just need varnishing, (after I've gone over the assistant coaches feet where I've got a little careless painting the base), to be completed & on the list, whether I'll get that done today or not I don't know, but I wouldn't be holding my breath if I were you as I'm focusing on the Devourers right now.
So that's all for now, hopefully I'll be back next week with news of actual progress on the painting front, but until then TTFN.
J
Sunday, 3 February 2008
So, I kinda skipped a week there, wasn't intentional, but finishing the 10 zombie repaints took a little longer than I'd anticipated.
Anyway, they're all done now & you can check them out in they're new Displaced Miniatures Gallery.
The Mousillon Bodysnatchers had their first game last Tuesday & as with any BB team I've fielded they managed to loose their opening game, this was partly down to the Harbinger of Nurgle, (also known as Steve), distracting me by coughing his lurgie over every square inch of the playing surface, minis & indeed me, he also cheated for the first few turns as he conveniently "forgot" that the pictures on he dice represented 1's & not 6's as he'd been claiming...so moral victory to me then :0), in the end though my dice rolls let me down when it came to scoring chances, though not, I'm pleased to say when it came to beating up on Steve's team, I actually won the beat down 5-3 which was nice.
I also made a couple of tactical mistakes...namely setting up an offence when I was defending & then setting up a defence when I actually had the ball. Still, you live & learn, next time it'll be different (probably 'cause I'll end up against Ian & get completely dismantled...but it will be different :0)
Anyway, only the 1 mini in the WiP pic tonight, Head coach of the Mousillon Bodysnatchers Atticus Van Garrett:
Anyway, they're all done now & you can check them out in they're new Displaced Miniatures Gallery.
The Mousillon Bodysnatchers had their first game last Tuesday & as with any BB team I've fielded they managed to loose their opening game, this was partly down to the Harbinger of Nurgle, (also known as Steve), distracting me by coughing his lurgie over every square inch of the playing surface, minis & indeed me, he also cheated for the first few turns as he conveniently "forgot" that the pictures on he dice represented 1's & not 6's as he'd been claiming...so moral victory to me then :0), in the end though my dice rolls let me down when it came to scoring chances, though not, I'm pleased to say when it came to beating up on Steve's team, I actually won the beat down 5-3 which was nice.
I also made a couple of tactical mistakes...namely setting up an offence when I was defending & then setting up a defence when I actually had the ball. Still, you live & learn, next time it'll be different (probably 'cause I'll end up against Ian & get completely dismantled...but it will be different :0)
Anyway, only the 1 mini in the WiP pic tonight, Head coach of the Mousillon Bodysnatchers Atticus Van Garrett:
New Tally:
Miniatures Painted to date (03/02/08) = 17
Projects completed = 0/5.
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